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Shocking, outrageous, and poetic, Jigoku (Hell, a.k.a. The Sinners of Hell) is the most innovative creation from Nobuo Nakagawa, the father of the Japanese horror film. After a young theology student flees a hit-and-run accident, he is plagued by both his own guilt-ridden conscience and a mysterious, diabolical doppelgänger. But all possible escape routes lead straight to hell—literally. In the gloriously gory final third of the film, Nakagawa offers up his vision of the underworld in a tour de force of torture and degradation. A striking departure from traditional Japanese ghost stories, Jigoku, with its truly eye-popping (and -gouging) imagery, created aftershocks that are still reverberating in contemporary world horror cinema.
Original Release
07/30/1960
US Release
08/18/2000
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Shigeru Amachi | Shirô Shimizu |
Utako Mitsuya | Sachiko / Yukiko |
Yôichi Numata | Tamura |
Hiroshi Hayashi | Gôzô Shimizu |
Jun Ôtomo | Ensai Taniguchi |
Akiko Yamashita | Kinuko |
Kiyoko Tsuji | Kyôichi's Mother |
Fumiko Miyata | Mrs. Yajima |
Akira Nakamura | Professor Yajima |
Kimie Tokudaiji | Ito Shimizu |
Directors
Writers
Nobuo Nakagawa, Ichirô Miyagawa
Cast
Name | Character |
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Shigeru Amachi | Shirô Shimizu |
Utako Mitsuya | Sachiko / Yukiko |
Yôichi Numata | Tamura |
Hiroshi Hayashi | Gôzô Shimizu |
Jun Ôtomo | Ensai Taniguchi |
Akiko Yamashita | Kinuko |
Kiyoko Tsuji | Kyôichi's Mother |
Fumiko Miyata | Mrs. Yajima |
Akira Nakamura | Professor Yajima |
Kimie Tokudaiji | Ito Shimizu |
Akiko Ono | Yoko |
Tomohiko Ôtani | Dr. Kusama |
Kôichi Miya | Journalist Akagawa / Akagawa |
Sakutarō Yamakawa | Fisherman |
Rei Ishikawa | Old Man with Tatoo |
Hiroshi Shingûji | Detective Hariya |
Hiroshi Izumida | Kyôichi 'Tiger' Shiga |
Yôzô Takamura | Devil Torturers |
Yûzô Harumi | Devil Torturers |
Katsuzô Kitamura | Devil Torturers |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mitsugu Ôkura | Producer |